Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905.

J. GUTTMANN. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APILIUATION FILED JULY 30,1901.

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JULIUS GUTTMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,101, dated January 17, 1905.

Application filed July 80, 190 Serial No. 218,813.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JULIUS GUTTMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which having been once filled and sealed may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side view of the top portion of a bottle the neck of which is provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, asimilar view showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 3, a sectional side view of one part of the neck attachment which constitutes my improvement; Fig. 4, a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a plan view of a valve device which I employ.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a the top portion of an ordinary bottle having the usual neck a at the bottom of which is an inwardly-directed annular projection a forminga valve-seat (0*. That portion of the neck a immediately above the valve-seat a is in the form of construction shown slightly larger than the upper portion of said neck, and secured centrally in said neck is a hollow thimble-shaped member 5, provided at the top with a bead 6 which fits in an annular groove (i in the neck of the bottle. The thimble b is provided in its opposite sides with vertically-arranged slots or openings 6 and arranged in said thimble is a yoke-shaped member 6, the side portions of which are secured to the top of the thimble at b and form an inner shield for the slots or openings 5 which constitute ports or passages through the thimble. The thimble b is also preferably provided in the bottom thereof with an opening b, and the bottom of the yoke-shaped member Z) or the cross-head thereof is directly over said opening, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Within the bottom portion of the neck a of the bottle is a valve 0, which rests on the valve-scat a, and said valve is provided with a depending and enlarged member 0 which is connected therewith by a neck 0" and which hangs within the top portion of the bottle below the valve-seat a, and the entire valve, including the neck 0 and the bottom portion a, is hollow, and the said bottom portion 0 is much larger than the opening at a formed by the valve-seat a and which constitutes a port or passage which is closed by the valve 0 in the operation of the device, as hereinafter described. The top portion of the valve 0 when seated is slightly below the bottom of the thimble b, the distance between the same being only sufiicient to allow the movement of the valve in the direction of said thimble to open the port or passage a.

In the process of applying my improvement to the neck of a bottle the said neck is made straight and large enough to permit the thimble 7) and valve 0 to be passed downwardly therethrough. The valve 0 is provided at its top with a transverse rod 0", around which is passed a small cord or line wire (Z, and in inserting the parts 5 and cinto the neck of the bottle the thimble 7) is held on the top of the valve, as shown in Fig. 1, and the said parts are passed downwardly through the neck into the position shown in said figure, and the cord or wire d is then secured at the top of the neck, as shown at The neck a is then heated and the central portion thereof compressed around the top of the thimble, and the bottom portion thereof is compressed to form the inwardly-directed annular projection a and valve-seat a". The bottle is then filled with the desired contents by pouring the same in through the neck a, and after the bottle has been filled one end of the cord or wire d is cut and the valve 0 drops into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the cord or wire (2 is then drawn out and detached from the neck, and the upper portion of the neck is closed by a cord or stopper 7" in the usual manner. When it is desired to empty the bottle or discharge a portion of its contents, the bottle is inverted or tilted in the usual manner, the valve cleaves its seat or drops onto the thimble Z), and the contents of the bottle will flow out through the port or passage a and through the thimble b, as will be readily understood, and this operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is entirely emptied. If an attempt be made to refill the bottle by pouring liquids thereinto, the valve 0 will at once be seated and no liquids can enter the bottle, and this operation of said valve will be the same in any position in which the bottle can beheld in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto. If an attempt be made to force liquids into the bottle by holding the latter in a tilted position, the valve 0 will still maintain its seat unless the bottle be held in an upright and inverted position. in which event the valve 0 will serve as a float and no liquids can enter the bottle.

The thimble b and valve 0 may be made of glass or any other desired material, and while I have described the preferred method of connecting the parts 6 and 0 with the neck or securing them within the neck it will be apparent that other methods may be employed, and the neck may be made of separate parts, if desired.

The yoke-shaped member 6* within the thimble Z) is intended to serve as a guard for the slots or openings 6 in the sides of said thimble and for the opening 6 in the bottom thereof, which openings constitute ports or passages to permit the flow of the contents of the bottle through said thimble, and said guard prevents the insertion of a tool or instrument through said thimble in an attempt to interfere with the operation of the valve 0, as hereinbefore described.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, the bottom portion of which is directed inwardly to form an annular valveseat, a valve placed in said neck and adapted to rest on said seat and provided with a member which extends below said valve-seat into the top of the bottle, and an inverted thimble secured in said neck above said valve and provided with side and bottom ports or passages, said ports or passages being provided with a shield or guard within said neck, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, the bottom portion of which is directed inwardly to form an annular valve-seat, a valve placed in said neck and adapted to rest on said seat and provided with a member which extends below said valve-seat into the top of the bottle, and an inverted thimble secured in said neck above said valve and provided with side and bottom ports or passages, said ports or passages being provided with a shield or guard within said neck, and the valve being hollow, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of July, 1904.

JULIUS GUTTMANN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY. 

